Starting January 1, 2027, Hawaii will only allow the sale of e-cigarettes officially authorized by the FDA. Due to this tightening, open systems, bottled e-liquids, and almost all disposable devices will be banned.
Effective January 1, 2027, Hawaii will introduce the strictest e-cigarette market regulations in the United States. Under the new legislation, only products that hold official FDA marketing authorization (PMTA) may be sold. This will end the previous grace period for products awaiting regulatory review, which remains in effect in other parts of the country.
This decision practically renders independent manufacturers and traditional vape retail impossible. Bottled e-liquids and open systems will disappear from stores entirely, as none of them have received FDA authorization. Furthermore, a parallel piece of legislation will also ban the vast majority of disposable devices across the archipelago.
The legal selection will be limited to just 48 authorized closed-system pods, most of which are tied to major tobacco companies such as Vuse, NJOY, or Logic. Although the law was passed under the pretext of protecting youth, usage rates among high school students had already fallen significantly between 2019 and 2023, from 30.6 percent to 13.2 percent.
In Brief
- Starting January 1, 2027, Hawaii will only permit the sale of FDA-authorized products.
- There will no longer be a grace period for pending authorization applications.
- Open systems, e-liquids, and almost all disposable devices will be banned.
- The legal market will be reduced to just 48 authorized closed systems, most of which are controlled by tobacco companies.
Source: VapingPost FR (fr.vapingpost.com)
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